Derek Law Bibliography

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FRY, Helen. German Schoolboy, British Commando: Churchill's Secret Soldier. 186p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud : History Press 2010. ISBN: 0752449966.

Colin Anson was born Claus Ascher in Berlin and raised a Protestant. He was forced to flee Nazi Germany because his father, Curt Ascher, was one of Hitler's. In 1939, Colin found refuge in Britain, where he joined the British Army. Selected for Commando service, he trained with 3 Troop, the only German-speaking unit in the British armed forces. He was attached to the Royal Marines and took part in the invasion of Italy and Sicily in 1943, before participating in raids into Yugoslavia and Albania, and then in the liberation of Corfu.